Can Maxim Mutaf

Can Maxim Mutaf — Biography

Can Maxim Mutaf was born on 9 January 1991 in Maltepe, Istanbul. The basketball player has a Turkish father and a Russian mother and also holds Russian citizenship through her. He is 1.93 m tall and plays shooting guard and small forward. He was a regular in Turkey's junior national teams and won a bronze medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

He began his professional career with Fenerbahçe in 2006-07 and became the second-youngest player in EuroLeague history to start a game. In 2009-10 he was loaned to FMV Işıkspor in the second division, and in 2011 he moved to Mersin. He returned to Fenerbahçe for 2012-13, joined Pınar Karşıyaka in January 2013 and then played for Trabzonspor. He signed with Banvit in 2014, Anadolu Efes in 2016 and Beşiktaş in July 2017. He later played for Bursaspor, Darüşşafaka Tekfen, Büyükçekmece Basketbol and Bahçeşehir Koleji.

With the senior national team he won gold at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, where Turkey went unbeaten and beat Serbia in the final. In June 2022 he married internet personality Duygu Özaslan.